September 2011

I believe in Test-Driven Development but had somehow had never
gotten around to using mock objects until a few months ago. They’re
super-useful when testing classes that write to files or query remote
databases or what-have-you, or when the rest of your system is big and
hairy and setting up tests takes ridiculously more work than the test
itself.
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The latest road-safety nonsense is the report saying that cyclists
must not be consulted on cycling facilities because the opinions of
people who don’t cycle more significant if they are to be enticed out of
their cars. I don’t believe that creating yet more poorly maintained and
subtly dangerous cycle tracks will increase cycling amongst motorists.
So long as they cleave to Jeremy Clarkeson’s line that only freaks and
weirdos ride bikes, most people will not even be able to imagine doing
it themselves.
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I want to make it so artists can say whether they want to allow their texture
packs to be remixed and specifically whether Texturejam is allowed to
allow visitors to download remixed packs. To do this I need to be able
to identify the pack in question. Even if we assume honest dealing from
all the people involved, this is a tricky problem.
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